My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 1
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TodayMy Lord Beloved Supreme
Is examining the full record
Of my gratitude-heart.
APR 1. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 10 December 1999↩
22
May my Master always find meAt the shrine
Of my heart-temple.
APR 2. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 10 December 1999↩
33
My Lord SupremeWants me to do
Something very special
For the love, joy, peace
And bliss-starved mankind.
APR 3. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 10 December 1999↩
44
A true seeker's heart-treeAlways and always offers
The sweetest gratitude-fruits.
APR 4. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 10 December 1999↩
55
At every momentI must be fully awake
And not half-awake
In my aspiration-life.
APR 5. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 10 December 1999↩
66
My Lord SupremeIs asking my heart-tears
To accompany Him
Along His own Eternity's Road.
APR 6. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 10 December 1999↩
77
My Lord Beloved SupremeWants me to deeply enjoy
The full harvest
Of His Satisfaction-Smiles.
APR 7. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 10 December 1999↩
88
Every dayMy God-obedience-heart
Offers its devotion-gratitude
To God's Will.
APR 8. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 11 December 1999↩
99
My heartIs an ever-increasing
God-Affection-experience-happiness.
APR 9. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 11 December 1999↩
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God tells meTo take my mind's impurity,
My heart's insecurity
And my life's futility
Very, very, very seriously.
APR 10. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 11 December 1999↩
1111
Alas,It is always too late
When our disobedience
Takes God seriously.
APR 11. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 11 December 1999↩
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In my inner life,God is God the Compassion-Eye
Far beyond the flights
Of my imagination.
In my outer life,
God is God the Forgiveness-Heart
Far beyond the flights
Of my imagination.
APR 12. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 11 December 1999↩
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Who is my Lord Supreme?My Lord Supreme is He
Whose Concern for me
Echoes and re-echoes
From sky to sky.
APR 14. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 11 December 1999↩
1515
Nobody could stand against meWhen God's God-blossoming Moment
Began inside my heart.
APR 15. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 11 December 1999↩
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My Lord, I know, I know,Your Tolerance
Of my disobedience-life
Has cost You dearly.
APR 16. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 11 December 1999↩
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My heartIs a God-aspiration-choice.
My life
Is a God-manifestation-voice.
APR 18. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
1919
May my Master's eyeProudly occupy
Every space in my heart.
APR 19. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
2020
I was my mind-dryness,But now I am
My Lord's Compassion-Rain.
APR 20. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
2121
I was born to smileAt God the Creator
And God the creation,
But alas,
My life's sadness-clouds
Are hanging in my heart-sky.
APR 21. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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My Lord,All I have
Is ignorance-frown.
All I need
Is Your Compassion-Smile.
APR 22. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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Today my soulIs smiling and dancing
Inside my heart-tears.
APR 23. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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Today God wants my heartTo be only one thing:
A roaring strength of cheerfulness.
APR 24. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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Today God wants my mindTo be only one thing:
An ever-climbing consciousness-altitude.
APR 25. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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I must not allow my days and nightsTo sleep any more
Inside my idle eyes.
APR 26. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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I have come to learnThat there is no real God
For those who do not
Bend their knees
And extend their arms.
APR 27. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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God loves and valuesMy heart's God-needs
More than anything else.
APR 28. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 13 December 1999↩
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Unlike our faith in God,God's Faith in His children
Remains unwavering.
APR 29. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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My heart, my vital and my body,Stay away —
As far as possible —
From my mind's negativity.
APR 30. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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As todayIs in God's Hands,
Even so, tomorrow
Will be in God's Hands.
Therefore, we must not worry.
APR 31. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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My Lord tells meThat my sincerity-mind,
My purity-heart
And
My simplicity-life
Are bound to please God
In God's own Way.
APR 32. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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At every momentI must blend into the dust
Of my Beloved Lord's Will.
APR 33. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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May my life on earthBe a multi-dimensional
God-service.
APR 35. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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What am I doing?I am planting gratitude-plants
In my heart-garden.
APR 36. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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Alas,How is it that I have not seen
That my life's ignorance-time
Has expired?
APR 37. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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My Lord Beloved Supreme,I shall no more permit
Your Heart to bleed
For my abominable misconduct.
APR 38. Sao Moritz, Brazil, 12 December 1999↩
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I shall not liveBetween "can" and "shall".
I shall live only
Between "must" and "done".
40
Do not recline,Do not recline!
If you recline too much,
You are bound to decline
Too soon.
41
God does not hesitateTo welcome my heart.
Alas, I hesitate
To welcome God's Eye.
42
My mind, be careful!There is every possibility
That soon you will be excommunicated
From God's inner circle.
43
Although it may not be a best-seller,My heart is an open book
To both God and humanity.
44
God needs meAs an unconditional lover
And not
As an unsolicited adviser.
45
A devotion-lifeIs a divine
Miracle-performer.
46
May my mind see all human beingsAs jewels
And my heart feel all human beings
As angels.
47
God does not want meTo improve my past.
He wants me only
To build a perfect future.
48
My God-surrender-heartIs
My God-Paradise-life.
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My sweet Beloved Supreme,Do give my heart the capacity
To love and adore
The golden dust of Your Feet
With every breath.
APR 49. These prayers were given at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 December 1999.↩
50
My Supreme,Only You, only You, only You
I can and I want to claim
As my own, very own.
51
My Supreme,Please, please bring
My dead aspiration-heart
Back to life.
52
Not God-speakersBut God-lovers
Are found in God's
Remembrance-Heart-List.
53
My Lord has repeatedly told meThat there is no such thing
As a negligible mistake.
Each mistake can be fatal
In the spiritual life.
54
My Lord,I must not fail You in any way,
Even for a single day.
55
There comes a timeWhen God remains absolutely silent
If He has to repeat to us
Certain soulful things
Again and again.
56
Our volcano-mindAnd our tornado-vital
Can be silenced
Only by our Lord's
Compassion-flooded Eye.
57
Every day God is dyingTo introduce our minds
To His Infinity's Peace.
But alas, He sadly fails.
58
A true God-loverIs
God's universal burden-carrier.
59
Each seekerAnd his gratitude-heart-tears
Must live together.
60
O seeker, do not shelterThe heart of unreadiness
And
The breath of unwillingness.
61
Love God the man,Serve man the God.
Behold!
God the Real,
God the Universal
And
God the Transcendental
Is come.
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If the God-surrender-summit-heightFrightens you,
Then God-realisation shall remain
A far cry.
APR 62. These prayers were given at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 16 December 1999.↩
63
I must bind my life to God's FeetIf I want my mind to escape
From the piercing
Anxiety-worry-arrows.
64
The desiring mind opens its doorTo the earthly amazements.
The aspiring heart opens its door
To the Heavenly enlightenments.
65
My heart sleeplessly criesFor God's Face.
God's Heart endlessly weeps
For my embrace.
66
God tells me thatMy beauty is exquisite
When I kneel
In the temple of my heart
And worship Him.
67
Only a sleeplessly and breathlesslyGod-hungry heart
Is God's fondest child.
68
My happiness-heart fully blossomsOnly inside
My God-gratitude-heartbeat-tears.
69
An unconditional God-loverLives in the sleepless ages
Of God's Satisfaction-Delight.
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A spiritual Master isAn all-illumining torch-gift
From the Father Heaven
To the Mother Earth.
APR 70. These prayers were given at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17 December 1999.↩
71
The mind is chainedTo a huge ignorance-bondage-rock.
Alas, the mind does not mind!
72
The day I do not loveMy Lord Beloved Supreme only,
I live in my God-disobedience-inferno.
73
In every walk of life,Enthusiasm is of supreme importance
To take a progress-step.
74
My Lord,Please, please awaken my mind
From its darkest midnight sleep.
75
A God-surrender-lifeHas to be always on time
For the fulfilment
Of God's express Will.
76
God's choice warriorsShake hands with impossibility
With a roaring laughter.
77
Every desire-manIs eventually forced to dance
With frustration-tragedies.
78
My Master is my life-transformingDreamer, lover and doer
Inside my aspiration-heart.
79
Like blind beggarsWe are discarding
God's Compassion-flooded
Blessing-Love-Concern-Peace-Bliss-Gifts.
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Each obedience-thoughtAdds joy
To our inner will-power.
APR 80. These prayers were given at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 December 1999.↩
81
Alas,In man's unwillingness-mind
The entire world is fast asleep.
82
I cannot believeThat my tiny heart-cave
Is my Lord's real Satisfaction-Home.
83
Stop, my mind, stop!Do not cast any more
Your dark
Doubt-suspicion-frustration-shadows
Upon my God-loving aspiration-heart.
84
Every dayAs my gratitude-heart
Collects most devotedly
My Lord's Smiles,
Even so, my Lord's Pride-Heart
Collects most affectionately
My tears.
85
May my aspiration-heart-pilgrimageKnow no halt
Along Eternity's Road.
86
Mine is the heartThat constantly needs
Intense eagerness
To realise
My Absolute Lord Beloved Supreme.
87
My life's perfection-manifestationIs not more of God
And less of me.
My life's perfection-manifestation
Is all in God, all with God
And all for God.
88
I am, as usual,My life's poor God-service.
God is, as usual,
His Heart's rich Reward.
89
At long lastMy heart is successful
In compelling my mind to surrender-
At long last!
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God's EyeIs unimaginably beautiful:
This is what I learn
From the tears of my heart.
The tears of my heart
Are extremely powerful:
This is what I learn
From God's Eye.
APR 90. These prayers were given at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 December 1999.↩
91
Those who serve GodMust never swerve
From spontaneity and intensity.
92
The inquisitive mind's powerful altarIs science.
The pure heart's sure God-discovery
Is spirituality.
93
The love divine says to me:"My Lord is always in.
My Lord is always in.
He never goes out.
He never goes out."
94
My prayer is as deepAs my belief.
My meditation is as certain
As my Inner Captain:
God.
95
I call it my gratitude-heart.God calls the same thing
His own Beatitude-Face.
96
My Lord Beloved SupremeAnswers only
His Heart-Home telephone calls.
97
I do not fight againstMy doubting mind.
I beg my Beloved Lord Supreme
To deal with it.
He immediately does the needful.
98
My mind secretly measuresMy heart-tears.
My Beloved Lord Supreme
Proudly treasures
My heart-tears.
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My Lord most compassionatelyBlesses the human in me.
My Lord most affectionately
Cradles the divine in me.
APR 99. These prayers were given at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20 December 1999.↩
100
With everything that I haveAnd I am,
I devotedly stay in the shade
Of God's Concern-Tree.
101
God smiles and smiles and smilesWhen I most powerfully bind Him
With my heart's devotion-cord.
102
I keep not even an iotaOf God-disobedience-thought
In my aspiration-heart.
103
A seeker withoutThe God-fulfilment-eagerness-
Heart-hunger
Is not a real seeker.
104
I love dire challengesIn my inner life,
I love.
I love great triumphs
In my outer life,
I love.
105
My Lord,You have been living
All the time
Inside my tiny heart.
Can You not live
Before my two big eyes as well?
106
With my heart's intensityAnd immensity-devotion-hunger,
I avidly devour
My Lord's Sweetness-Smiles.
107
Whenever I get an opportunity,I look at my Lord's Feet
To awaken my mind
And enlighten my heart.
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God's Heart blesses me and embraces meIn expected ways.
God's Eye blesses me and embraces me
In unexpected ways.
APR 108. These prayers were given at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21 December 1999.↩
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There can be no excessOf my heart's devotion
To my Lord's Will.
110
Only a sleeplesslyGod-loving heart
Is indomitable and invincible.
111
The abysmal abyss we have visited.Now we must climb up
God's Pinnacle-Height
And have there our permanent abode.
112
Only the tears of my heartPractise rush service
To God.
113
God fulfils my dreamsWith the Beauty
Of His Eye
And the Fragrance
Of His Heart.
114
I fulfil God's VisionsWith the light
Of my self-mastery
And the delight
Of my God-discovery.
115
Centuries agoI started my pilgrimage
To God's Paradise-Feet.
I am sure at God's choice Hour
I shall succeed.
116
My happiness-heartNever, never
Doubts God.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered these morning prayers during his visit to Brazil and Paraguay in December 1999 and January 2000. Ten different groups recited the prayers turn by turn three times, then twice, then once.
